Little Depot in the Sky

A top the highest active railroad in the United States is the Cumbres Depot, nee Section House, straddling the divide at Cumbres Pass, elevation 10,015 fe... (more)

With a pair of CSX GE's on the point and a solid train of CSX hoppers, the Lake State Railway brings V765 north through Holly, Michigan, passing by the Holly Union Depot after crossing the diamond... (more)

294 passes the Reading station in Topton as they near their final destination in Northern New Jersey.

Overgrown : HRRC 22 leads NX12 northbound as they approach Cornwall Bridge Station. The lush foliage has surrounded the mainline, making a cool "tree tunnel" effect.

Sadness On The Main Line of Mid-America. In 1901 the Illinois Central Railroad built a then new station in McComb, Mississippi. After falling victim to a lack of maintenance and an unfortun... (more)

As the rain picks up, a former IC SD70 rockets through Plano, IL, passing the old CB&Q depot in the middle of town.

Cass Night Watch. A lone Shay locomotive stands by for late light switching duty on the platform at the old C&O Depot in Cass, WV. Mower Shay #4 is the duty locomotive this evening, and th... (more)

In the small town of Milan, Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Railway passes by the former Lehigh Valley depot that still stands along the tracks, along with an old Conrail caboose. Both the depot and cabo... (more)

NS G02 is northbound at Barnesville, Georgia on this former Central of Georgia route between Atlanta and Macon.

BNSF 6309 leads containers westbound past the Deshler Depot.

Aberdeen Carolina & Western's AB F-units lead westbound past the dilapidated Candor depot en route to Star to turn the train on the wye and return to Candor.

I played 'catch the sun' all weekend on one of my few trips to Tuscaloosa way back when. As the Crescent rolled in from Birmingham, it was overcast as heck. A few minutes later, a brief sweet sp... (more)

SBPI returns to Pittston as they pass the ex-DL&W station at Old Forge.

With PSR being implemented on July 1, 2019, foreign power on the NS mainlines has been rare or non existent. It's slowly beginning to make a comeback, so when it comes out this way, it's a must ha... (more)

In the small quiet town of Gladstone and at the peak of “Golden Hour”, CSX K898 rolls east by the old C&O depot on the James River Subdivision with a pair of Canadian National units for po... (more)